Hi, I’m the developer of Nexus Shell. I’ve been building it as a native SwiftUI workspace for people who manage servers from a Mac.

One of the less obvious UI problems was keeping the web-backed terminal session alive across SwiftUI navigation. Recreating the terminal view loses scrollback and can disrupt a live SSH session, so the app keeps terminal state outside the transient navigation subtree and restores only the native shell around it.

The current app combines a multi-tab SSH terminal with dual-pane SFTP, Docker management, live server monitoring, encrypted session logs, and an optional local Agent Bridge. The Agent Bridge opens real, visible terminal tabs rather than handing stored passwords or private keys to an AI agent.

It runs on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 14.2 or later. Basic personal SSH use is free; a new account includes a 7-day Pro trial, and Pro is currently a one-time $12.88 purchase.

Product and screenshots: https://nexusshell.app/en/?utm_source=lemmy&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=swiftui_showcase

For anyone building desktop developer tools in SwiftUI: which has been the harder boundary in your app — preserving long-lived state, or integrating AppKit/WebKit without making navigation fragile?